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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2009)
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Economics or economic science? A XX. század legfontosabb eredményei

Published:
2009-06-15
DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.21845/comp/2009/1/5
Author
Jozsef Moczar
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economics schools of economics methodology of economics
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Moczar, J. (2009). Economics or economic science? A XX. század legfontosabb eredményei. Competitio, 8(1), 76-97. https://doi.org/10.21845/comp/2009/1/5
Abstract

The fundamental question of this article is: wether the economics is science, and if it is, then can it be viewed as an independent science? The answer is looked for starting from the most
important economic results of the last century. The author came to the conclusion that the mainstream economic theories of our days can be traced back to the works of Ramsey, Neumann and Haavelmo. The results of mathematics and natural sciences, especially physics greatly contributed to that it became science. All these are proven by means of Roy E. Weintraub’s so called historical reconstruction and Imre Lakatos’ rational reconstruction methods.

Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classifications: B23, C10, C20

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